dawg, there was still a derelict ship with "thousands of eggs" left behind from when the nostromo bounced with john hurt all facehugged. ash told the company about the organism, so it makes sense that the company (weyland-yutani... carter burke) would surreptitiously send people there as "terraformers" years later to unknowingly investigate the ship...

peep the aliens special edition ---

ripley finds out her daughter had died while she was in hypersleep for those 50+ years. this arc lends so much to ripley's catharsis/redemption as a mother figure with newt. then she fights another "mother" protecting her own. film was ahead of its time in terms of feminism.

c'mon @ completely unnecessary.